Ironing board



July 2, 1929. JOHNSON 1.719.551

IRONING BOARD Filed April 25, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 135 .1. F .JE

July 2, 1929. JOHNSON 1.719.551

IRONING BOARD Filed April 25, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 E. N. JOHNSON IRONING BOARD July 2, 1929.

Filed April 25, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 5 Patented July 2, 1929.

UNITED STATES 1,719,551 PATENT OFFICE.

ELTON N. JOHNSON, OF LA. SALLE, NEW YORK.

IRONING BOARD.

Application filed April 25, 1928. Serial No. 272,786.

This invention relates to that class of ironing boards which are adapted to be folded up into a. closet or cabinet, so as to be out of the way when not in use, and the invention has for its object to provide a suitable mounting for an ironing board, of this class, which is specially adapted for small apartments where the space is limited. To this end the invention comprising simple means whereby the ironing board may be let down from the closet or cabinet, and when thus let down may be swung aside to any desired lateral position to suit the convenience of the user. The invention also provides means 1 whereby the ironing board may be adjusted to different heights when in working position, to accommodate persons of different heights.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 is an elevation showing the ironing board in raised position in the cabinet with the door of the cabinet open. Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 22, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a sectional view similar to Fig. 2 with the ironing board let down and swung aside to working position. Fig. 4 is a sectional side view showing the ironing board lowered to working position as in Fig. 3. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing the ironing board in folded position within the cabinet as in Fig. 1. Fig. 6 is a broken out detail view of the ironing-board supporting-rod or bar and 00- operating parts, and Fig. 7 is a partial view of the same. Figs. 8 and 9 are detail side and bottom views, respectively, of the spring bar by which the supporting-bar 14 may be sustained in difierent positions of vertical adjustment. Fig. 10 is a detail view showing the spring catch which holds the ironing board upright within the cabinet. Fig. 11 is a detail view showing the hinge mounting of the ironing board legs.

Referring to the drawings, 12 denotes the closet or cabinet which may be of any suitable construction and which will preferably be provided with a door 13. Within the I closet or cabinet, near one side thereof, is pivotally mounted a vertical rod or bar 14 having near its bottom a laterally extending arm 15 encircled by eyes or loops 16 extending from a cross bar or chat 17 to which the ironing board 18 is attached, this construction thus providing a hinged connection between said ironing board and the said laterally extending arm 15 so that the ironing board may be raised or lowered asmay be desired. It will be noted that said arm 15 extends from said rod or bar 14 in a direc tion parallel to the width of said board 18. The eyes or loops 16 are positioned on the laterally extending arm 15 by means of stop collars 19 attached to said arm. The rod or bar 14 is pivotally secured in place by loops 14 attached to the cabinet 12 and by which loops said rod or bar is encircled so that it may turn within said loops 14 when the arm 15 is swung out or in.

The length of the arm 15 is approximately equal to the width of the ironing board 18 and the loops 16, by which said ironing board is pivoted or hinged to said arm, are widely separated from each other, (see Figs. 1 and 3), thus affording stability to said board so that sidewise tilting thereof, when in use, will be prevented.

Also hinged to the laterally extending arm 15, by loops 16 are connected legs 20 to which is pivotally attached a brace 21 comprising strengthening crossing strips 22, and crossrods 21 and 22*, the free end of said brace 21 being adapted to engage any one of a series of stops 23 to hold the ironing board in working position, as more clearly shown in Fig. 4. The legs 20 are connected together, near their free ends, by across rod 20. Attached to the bottom of the ironing board is a spring catch 24 which is adapted to engage the cross-rod 21 forming partof the brace 21, so that the said brace and the legs connected therewith may be held in position against the ironing board when the latter is to be folded up within the cabinet.

The vertical rod or bar 14 is provided with three annular grooves 14*, and attached to the inside of the cabinet, by a flange 25 is a spring bar 25, provided at its lower end with a flange 25' having a semi-circular notch or recess 25 adapted to enter an one of said grooves and thus support the said rod or bar in different vertical positions, depending upon which one of said grooves is engaged by said flange. By reason of this construction the said rod or bar 14 and the ironing board connected therewith, as above described, may be adjusted to different heights to accommodate different persons. Also the said annular grooves permit the said rod or bar to turn, in the different positions of vertical adjustment of the ironing board, in swinging the said board to different horizontal positions. Thus if the upper one of said grooves 14 is engaged by said flange 25 as shown in Figs. 1, 4 and 6, the ironing board will be in its lowest position; and for a medium adjustment the said rod or bar may be lifted to enable the said flange 25 to engage the middle one of the said grooves; or for the highest adjustment of the ironing board the said rod or bar may be lifted still further to enable said flange to enter the lowermost of said grooves, to accommodate a tall user. The semi-circular notch or recess 25* and the annular grooves 149 in the rod permit the rod 14 to turn when the arm 15 is to be the ironing board above referred to. The

flange 25 rests, in the different positions of vertical adjustment of the rod or bar 14 above described, on the uppermost of the eyes'or lo'ops 14' in which the bar 14 is pivotally mounted, as more clearly shown in detail view Fig. '6.

From the foregoing it will be understood that the invention provides a convenient construction whereby an ironing board may be mounted within a cabinet in such a mannerthat it may be swung down to horizontal position, and may then be swung laterally to any desired angle, as indicated by full and dotted lines in Fig. 3; and it will also be understood that the invention comprises simple means by which the ironing board may be adjusted to different vertical working positions, to accommodate persons of different heights.

Any suitable catch or latch may be provided to hold the ironing board in an upright position when folded up in the closet or cabinet 12. This is effected, in the construction shown, by a spring catch 26 mounted on a bar 27 attached to the upper end of the rod or bar 14, said bar 27 having a stop flange 26 for the said spring catch and a stop flange 28* for the ironing board. The clearances shown in Fig. 10 between the shoulder 26 on the spring catch 26 and the stop flange 28* are provided to accommodate the usual ironing board covering.

Havin thus described by invention I claim an desire to secure by Letters Patent:

1. The combination with a cabinet, of a vertical .rod pivotally mounted therein nearer one side than the other thereof and provided with a laterally extending arm, an ironing board having pivotal connections with said arm, at two widely separated points, so that said board may be raised, to

enable it to be folded into said cabinet, or may be lowered into working position, and ieans for sustaining said ironing board when lowered to working position, said arm extending from said rod in a direction parallel to the width of said board and being of a length approximately equal to the width of said ironing board to afford room for proper spacing apart of said pivotal connections.

2. The combination with a suitable cabinet, of a vertical rod pivotally mounted therein and provided with a laterally extending arm, an ironing board having a pivotal connection with said arm so that it may be raised to enable it to be folded, into said cabinet or may be lowered into working position, means for sustaining said ironing board when lowered to working position, and means for holding said rod and the ironing board connected therewith in different vertical working positions, to accommodate persons of different heights.

3. The combination with a suitable cabinet, of a vertical rod pivotally mounted therein and provided with a laterally extending arm, an ironing board having a pivotal connection with said arm so that it may be raised to enable it to be folded into said cabinet or may be lowered into working position, means for sustaining said ironing board when lowered to working position, said rod being provided with a plurality of annular grooves, and a spring bar having a notched flange adapted to be engaged with any one of said grooves to support said rod and the ironing board connected therewith, to accommodate persons of different heights.

4. The combination with a suitable cabinet, of a vertical rod pivotally mounted therein and provided with a laterally ex tending arm, an ironing board having a pivotal connection with said arm so that it may be raised to enable it to be folded into said cabinet or may be lowered into working po-' sition, means for sustaining said ironing board when lowered into working position, said rod being provided with a plurality of annular grooves, and. a spring bar having a notched flange adapted to be engaged with any one of said grooves to support said rod and the ironing board connected therewith, in different vertical positions, to accommodate'persons of different heights, said s'us taining means comprising legs having a hinged connection with said ironing board, and a brace having a hinged connection with said legs, said ironing board having a plurality of stops to be engaged by said brace in the diflerent positions of vertical adjustment of said ironing board.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

ELTON N. JOHNSON. 

